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Good stuff..

Hmm... since I'm a gear geek, I'd like to add my own input... tough choices though, been through so many...

1.) yy Boron 200 - too many great memories and moments not to have it here.
2.) yy ti10 - fantastic racquet, the Titan
3.) yy carbonex 2x - all of its iterations, yup they're just that damn good.
4.) Forza super power 9000 - totally unexpected performance, blew me away, until i blew them apart smashing
5.) Carlton as1 (i think this is the correct model name) - Giving you the big grin factor, and a big surprise. Although i never owned one.

Of special note, the yy ns 9000x has my attention as of late; very reminiscent of the Forza Super Power 9000, ti10, and the cab20 long.

Very fast speed generation @ the head of the racquet...

You've heard of the term "The Big Bang" from your science texts...
well to me, these racquets amplify this term to the max.

Sounds like work in process or WIP for short. Where is the % completion and material added? Are you using First-in-First-Out or weighted-average inventory method to allocate process costs? Okie, I am babbling cost accounting crap.

Originally Posted by DinkAlot

What I have to do to each racket to make the grip perfect (for me) is different as all rackets are not made the same. I won't go into how I do it because it'll take too long. But I will tell you the end result:

1) The butt cap doesn't "catch" during grip transitions and is soft (more cushioning)
2) The handle edges need to be smoothed down (a bit) to make it easier on the hands
3) Wrapping the overgrip is always smooth and half overlapped
4) Overgrip goes up to just the top of the cone
5) Grip needs to be tacky but not overly tacky, see # 1.
6) Final grip needs to enhance or maintain the overall balance of the racket. When you hold the racket, the racket needs to feel like an extension of your hand.

All this is not easy to do, It's been a work in progress for me for 6+ months. And if you have to ask, I have Ba Su to thank for this madness.

1. Cab 30 MS (Great all around racket. Just lacking some defense though)
2. AT 800 OF (Another good racket, but the shaft on mine is turning into a medium flex by now)
3. Woven 7 (Most stable racket I have ever tried)
4. Cab 20 MS (Another great all around racket)
5. Ti-7 (When I don't feel like swinging harder, this racket works wonders. Quite different than most of the rackets I owned, it's head light oriented

Yeah dood, I am still on a high. We will be promoted in our league, and I am promoting myself to a better player. Our last opposition melted away without a fight. They decided to desolve their club rather than to face us. Of course I planned to give them some serious heavy rifle fire for their cheating against me last year when I was a mere noo6.

Everything else equal, it's impossible to have a 120 gram racket swing faster than a 89 gram one. Not unless you can defy the laws of physics.

Oh wait, this is CD we're talking about so I guess it is possible...

It is possible if you try. One of my original goals was to obtain comparable speed to NS8000. But I seemed to have exceeded the goal. As a laugh I borrowed an NS8000 recently and gave it some tries. It felt a lot heavier on a swing than my heavy racket. My performance with the NS seemed to have degraded significantly since the last time I used it. I could now manage only half court clears instead of 3/4 clear when I was a noo6. This is one funny racket.